The document provides a lesson on adjectives of personality, including an A-Z list of adjectives to describe people (e.g. active, bright, cunning). It also includes sample questions to test understanding of adjectives of personality with answer keys. The purpose is for students to be able to use adjectives of personality to describe people.

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Área: English Asignatura: English Curso: 10th
Fecha: 29 to 05-05 Periodo: II Nº Hor: 6hr Semana: 3
Tema: ADJECTIVES OF PERSONALITY
Indicador Students will be able to use adjectives of personality in order to describe
de Logro people.
Exploración What is he like?
Contextualización
Conceptualización
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ADJECTIVES: describe people, places and things.
EMOCIÓN
ADJECTIVES OF PERSONALITY: describe what a person is like
Producción
ACCIÓN
'How would you describe her personality?'
When we ask 'What is she like?', we are asking about her

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personality/character. 'She is tall' is not a good answer to this question
because 'tall' is used to describe appearance.
Just to stop any confusion, take a look at these three questions which look
similar, but have very different meanings:
What is she like? This question asks about personality and can be answered
with:
'She is outgoing and talkative.
What does she look like? This questions asks about appearance and can be
answered:
'She is short, slim and she has big brown eyes.'
What does she like? This question asks about her tastes, likes and interests.
It can be answered:
'She likes talking, reading and eating cheese.
Modelación
Here is an A-Z of adjectives we can use to answer this question:
A- Active: she likes to play sport or do physical things.
B- Bright: she is intelligent.
C- Cunning: she uses her intelligence secretly/mysteriously to get what she
wants.
D- Diligent: she is hardworking.
E- Extroverted: she is very outgoing. She likes to be the centre of attention.
F- Funny: she makes people laugh.
G- Generous: she likes to ‘give’ to help others.
H- Honest: she tells the truth.
I- Imaginative: she has a good imagination.
J- Jealous: (negative) she wants what other people have. She doesn’t like
others to succeed
K- Kind: nice, gentle and helpful
L- Lazy: (negative) she doesn’t like to work or exercise. She’s happy doing

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nothing.
M- Moody: (negative) she often becomes angry and unfriendly because she is
unhappy.
N- Naughty: (negative): usually for children) her behaviour is bad.
O- Optimistic: she is a positive person and positive about the future.
P- Pessimistic: she is a negative person. She thinks things will end badly. The
opposite of optimistic.
Q- Quiet: she doesn’t say much. She prefers to listen.
R- Rude: (negative) she is not polite and she offends people.
S- Sensible: she has good common sense and judgment.
T- Thoughtful: she carefully thinks about other people and how to help them.
U- Upbeat: she is positive and in a good mood.
V- Violent: (negative) she will hurt you. She is aggressive…so be careful!
W- Wonderful: she is great!
X- Xenophobic: she dislikes people from foreign countries. She is racist.
Y- Youthful: she is young at heart.
Z- Zany: she is a little crazy, but in a fun way
Taller
WHAT DO YOU CALL A PERSON WHO LIKES LOOKING AT HERSELF/ HIMSELF IN
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THE MIRROR ALL THE TIME?
A. modest
B. vain
C. spoilt
D. outgoing
WHAT DO YOU CALL THE PEOPLE WHO SHOW THAT THEY LOVE OR LIKE
Q.2)
PEOPLE VERY MUCH?
A. mean
B. reliable
C. affectionate
D. moody
Q.3)WHAT´S THE OPPOSITE OF "VAIN"?
A. charming
B. sensitive
C. jealous
D. modest
Q.4)WHAT´S THE OPPOSITE OF "GENEROUS"?
A. mean
EVALUACION
B. lazy
C. selfish
D. bossy
WHAT DO YOU CALL THE CHILDREN WHO BEHAVE BADLY BECAUSE
Q.5)
THEY´RE NORMALLY GIVEN EVERYTHING THEY WANT?

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A. selfish
B. spoilt
C. reliable
D. self-confident
Q.6)WHAT´S THE OPPOSITE OF "MESSY"?
A. tidy
B. untidy
C. lazy
D. unreliable
WHAT DO YOU CALL THE PERSON WHO HAS COMMON SENSE AND IS
Q.7)
PRACTICAL?
A. sensitive
B. sensible
C. oversensitive
D. ambitious
WHAT DO YOU CALL THE PERSON WHO LIKES GIVING ORDERS TO
Q.8)
EVERYBODY ELSE?
A. aggressive
B. shy
C. bossy
D. insecure
Q.9)WHAT´S THE OPPOSITE OF "CLEVER"?
A. intelligent
B. mean
C. extrovert
D. stupid
Q.10)WHAT DO YOU CALL THE PEOPLE YOU CAN TRUST OR RELY ON?
A. unreliable
B. reliable
C. jealous
D. moody
Bibliografía
I. Understanding and using grammar (1999). Third edition. Betty SchrampferAz.